“You don’t need specialised cameras to shoot great panoramas at all. In fact, even a cheap DSLR in the right hands produces far better panoramas than anything those expensive Google street view systems can achieve. You really can’t ever take the photographer out of the equation when it comes to good image capturing.”

He’s also taken a Ricoh Theta – a small, handheld panorama camera. Pan also filmed inside the Munsu Water Park in Pyongyang...

He’s also taken a Ricoh Theta – a small, handheld panorama camera. Pan also attached a GoPro camera to the front windshield of a car for a 22-minute trip through Pyongyang.

"My guides did the explaining to the driver after I explained to them so there wasn’t any issue sticking the GoPro to the windscreen of the car,” he said.

As for what’s next, Pan said he still has images from his most recent trip that are waiting to be processed and posted on his DPRK 360 website.

“I’ve used the GoPro in North Korea for horseback riding, general video capture and swimming with the locals,” he said. “Yup. I went swimming in their public pool. I’ll be publishing that video later on.”